HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 1054 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 1100 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 Expires:200912091700;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1053 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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1053 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THE STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
KANSAS...WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM TONIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS...ALONG WITH BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES
PLUMMETING BELOW ZERO NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE. WIND CHILLS BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD APPROACH 20 BELOW ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND COULD APPROACH 20 BELOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE...BUT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SNOWFALL TOTALS AND ICY ROAD REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
$$ WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Issue Date: 412 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE
FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING ROADS
SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A KINGMAN TO
WICHITA LINE.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS
THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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KETCHAM
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